Do you depend on your computer for your living? If so, I'm sure you've thought long and hard about which hardware and software to use. I'd like to explain why I use generic "white boxes" running open source software. These give me a platform I rely on for 100% availability. They also provide a low-cost solution with excellent security and privacy.

When did I ever say that? Making up stuff to argue your point is, well, pointless.

I asked why it should be dependent on a specific series of a web server. You said PCI compliance but that doesn't answer the question. Why does it have to be Apache? You make it sound like it is purely a certification issue when it has Apache dependencies. Here I dug one up for you: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,230616

Look, I know you think no one knows you're just nt_jerkface with a new account;

Sorry Sherlock but there is no mystery. I actually went over this already. I'm not trying to hide anything, why do you think I only changed two letters? The "NT" was giving ambiguous implications which is why I changed it. Go back and read through my posts with this account and you'll see that I just wanted a slight name change. Or just ask Neolander, he welcomed me back and I said thanks.

you should remember that I'm fairly platform agnostic, unlike you.

Which platform? Windows? That must be why I have slung more hatred at Windows 8 than any other blogger.

I believe in the platform of progress. Windows 8's Metro and Linux's dependencies both deserve a place in hell.